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Detailed Revision Sheets including higher level terminology. Students fill in the blanks using keywords to practise their recall. These sheets give an opportunity to improve students' confidence in the subject knowledge before completing more difficult exam questions. There are also statistical workpacks for A Level

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Detailed Revision Sheets including higher level terminology. Students fill in the blanks using keywords to practise their recall. These sheets give an opportunity to improve students' confidence in the subject knowledge before completing more difficult exam questions. There are also statistical workpacks for A Level
Monoclonal Antibodies
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Monoclonal Antibodies

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Aimed at GCSE but also suitable for A Level as a recap. Contains gap fill sheets (with answers) to help secure foundational knowledge. An accompanying Powerpoint Presentation and practice exam questions.
Classification and phylogeny
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Classification and phylogeny

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A powerpoint which covers all of the main specification points for OCR A A Level Biology. A run through of the taxonomic groups, Carl Linnaeus, the binomial naming system and Carl Woese and the three domains. Example exam questions embedded into the slides and explanation of phylogentic trees. There are some exam questions here too, these are free from OCR Exambuilder (you just need your school to set you up with an account if you are a teacher). I have included them here for ease but these are free add ons!
A Level Respiration
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A Level Respiration

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The Powerpoint presentation contains several lessons with a intoduction followed by slides on all the stages of aerobic respiration (glycolysis, link reaction, Krebs cycle, oxidative phosphorylation), anaerobic respiration, respiratory quotient. There are student sheets that can be used alongside the PPT, summary questions and knowledge recall test. These resources will be helpful for any specification but is tailored towards the OCR A A Level.
A Level Photosynthesis
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A Level Photosynthesis

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This Resource includes 3 Powerpoints and accompanying sheets for students to annotate/complete. Although these resources can be used for any A Level, they are tailored towards the OCR A specification. 1 - Light Dependent Stage 2- Light Independent Stage 3- Limiting Factors Also, students can complete the chromatography revision sheet after they have completed PAG 6 - the separation of photosynthetic pigments.
Year 1 A Level Biodiversity: Conservation
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Year 1 A Level Biodiversity: Conservation

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The Powerpoint presentation (38 slides) covers the following points from the OCR specification with some wider context. When I teach this I finish the lessons with a set of exam questions made using the OCR Exam Builder. Your Exams officer in school should be able to set you up with an account. The Exam Builder from OCR is free. in situ and ex situ methods of maintaining biodiversity • In situ conservaton including marine conservaton zones and wildlife reserves • ex situ conservaton including seed banks, botanic gardens and zoos. (i) internatonal and local conservaton agreements made to protect species and habitats. Historic and/or current agreements, including the Conventon on Internatonal Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the Rio Conventon on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS).
Vaccination
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Vaccination

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GCSE sequential images of the process of vaccination including a gap fill exercise to scaffold grade 9 terminology. Answers included.
4.7.2 Organisation of an ecosystem - Major focus 2022
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4.7.2 Organisation of an ecosystem - Major focus 2022

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This contains eight gap fill revision sheets which cover the entire 4.7.2 (4.7.2.1, 4.7.2.2 and 4.7.2.3) that are Major focus points for the 2022 exam. 4.7.2.4 will not be assessed in 2022. This is ideal for active recall of this entire topic area. An answer pack is also included.
The eye
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The eye

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A thorough teaching pack suitable for independent learning and as part of a series of lessons on the eye. Ideal for students who need to learn the whole topic on the eye from the beginning or equally as effective as a revision resource. This pack includes teaching about the structure of the eye and how to label the different parts. Students will also be able to : describe the functions of each part of the eye learn about the iris and accommodation reflexes the causes and treatments for long sighted and short sightedness Put their your knowledge to the test with the recall questions and then apply what they have learnt by completing the application questions. All answers are provided in the pack. 22 pages (11 worksheet learning pages and 11 answer pages)
Hormonal Control of the Menstrual Cycle
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Hormonal Control of the Menstrual Cycle

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With this pack students can learn about the menstrual cycle (independently or as part of a class activity) in detail using information, labelling diagrams, filling in gaps and answering practice questions. As well as all of this students will be taught (along with my YouTube video) an effective technique to help remember one of the most difficult things to learn in GCSE BiologyI have used this technique in my own classes and the students have found very useful. Answers are included. 14 pages in total, 7 pages of thorough learning of the topic and 7 pages of the answers
Classification and evolutionary trees
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Classification and evolutionary trees

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Students can use this pack independently as well as being used as a teaching resource for the whole class. Students will learn about the classification system, the order of the taxonomic groups and the binomial naming system that Carl Linnaeus put in place. This also covers the three-domain system and how to interpret evolutionary relationship diagrams. At the end of the pack are some knowledge recall questions followed by application questions. Includes an answer section for you to check how you did.
GCSE Revision: The Heart and Blood Vessels (4.2.2)
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GCSE Revision: The Heart and Blood Vessels (4.2.2)

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Based on the AQA specification - here is a revision sheet that will help with recall of all the specification points for 4.2.2 on the heart and blood vessels. A gap fill sheet that containcs everything students need to know for the heart and blood vessels. There is an answer sheet too. This is ideal for students to use for recall before moving onto exam questions.
Action Potentials
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Action Potentials

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Revision sheets to consolidate the uderstanding of how action potentials are generated and how they move along a neurone. These can be used alongside the Action Potentials Explained YouTube Video. Answers are included.
A Level Biology Statistics Bundle
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A Level Biology Statistics Bundle

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This bundle contains detailed workpacks on; -standard deviation -the Chi- squared test (teaching how to use this statistical test with and without phenotypic ratios. -the paired and unpaired Student’s t-test -the Spearman’s rank correlation For the Chi-squared, Student’s t test (paired and unpaired) and the Spearman’s rank correlation - each pack teaches you how to work through each stage, from stating the null hypothesis, carrying out the statistical test, finding a critical value, rejecting or accepting your null hypothesis and writing a conclusion. Standard deviation - contains worked examples and questions on how to calculate it using the formula, a short cut way on how to use the STAT mode on your calculator and how to plot and interpret error bars. All packs contain answers.
Spearman's rank correlation
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Spearman's rank correlation

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This pack contains worked examples and problems for you to work through yourself. It will teach you the whole process from stating a null hypothesis, carrying out the statistical test, finding the critical value, rejecting or accepting a null hypothesis and writing a conclusion. This workpack contains 23 pages
Chi-squared test
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Chi-squared test

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This workpack will teach you the whole process from stating a null hypothesis, carrying out the statistical test, finding a critical value, rejecting or accepting the null hypothesis and writing a conclusion. There are worked examples and questions to practise with and without phenotypic ratios. Answers are also provided. This pack contains 23 pages.
Student's t-test - paired and unpaired
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Student's t-test - paired and unpaired

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This contains worked examples of how to carry out a paired and unpaired Student’s t tests from stating a null hypothesis, carrying out the statistic, how to find a critical value, what that means, compare the critical value with the statistical value, reject or accept the null hypothesis and write a conclusion. Questions to consolidate your understanding and answers are provided. 29 pages.